"This is nonsense."--Well, at least you were kind enough to warn us before we read the rest of your post.

Oh my, the first person plural. You speak for the board? For the Bears?

Then why is your living legend Mike Ditka on such poor terms? What arrogance.

Look out below, the Bears will fall below 10-6. _________________"I have to keep playing so people over 40 will have somebody to root for on Sunday afternoons." George Blanda who played until he was 46

I've been scratching around and the league minimum for a guy with 10+ years is $944,000. Wouldn't you be slightly insulted if you had been the main man in your company for 12 years, then when it came to renewal they only offered you twice the minimum salary for a man with your experience.

I understand the whole "He was paid $9.5m", "His play has declined" argument, but for a man with as much pride as I'm sure Brian has, being offered a paltry $2m had to sting._________________

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texans_uk wrote:

I've been scratching around and the league minimum for a guy with 10+ years is $944,000. Wouldn't you be slightly insulted if you had been the main man in your company for 12 years, then when it came to renewal they only offered you twice the minimum salary for a man with your experience.

If I did exactly the same job and did it to the same standards as before then yes I would be insulted.
However if I did the same job but to nowhere near my previous standards then I'd probably expect to get fired not just get a pay cut.

Do you think Urlacher should have given the Bears money every time he missed a game through injury because the Bears paid him even when he wasn't performing ?
No sensible person thinks that so why should sensible people think he should be over paid just because of his past.

If they'd offered him $6m and another team had offered him $10m then he probably would have forgotten all about loyalty and been off.

The NFL is a business and this sort of thing is standard which is also why I have no problem with players holding out.

I've been scratching around and the league minimum for a guy with 10+ years is $944,000. Wouldn't you be slightly insulted if you had been the main man in your company for 12 years, then when it came to renewal they only offered you twice the minimum salary for a man with your experience.

I understand the whole "He was paid $9.5m", "His play has declined" argument, but for a man with as much pride as I'm sure Brian has, being offered a paltry $2m had to sting.

Yeah, this argument works in a field where careers average longer than 4 years and the performance curve doesn't start arcing down sharply around 30...not so much pro football.

Letting Urlacher go means the Tampa 2 is also gone. That means DB Tillman is gone. The new defense will take time to build. Who steps into MLB, Briggs? Then who fills his slot at OLB?

Dumb move.

a) tampa 2 isn't going anywhere, Mel Tucker said everything is remaining the same, right down to the terminology. It just means somebody else will be lining up at MLB from now on. This was at most a year away from happening anyway so I don't see the real big deal. b) why does Peanut require the tampa 2. The bears played more 2-man than any other coverage last year, and Peanut was an all pro. I think he'll be fine in any coverage, since, ya know, he's played them all at a very high level for a decade._________________2013 Bears Forum Mike Ditka Award Winner
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I've been scratching around and the league minimum for a guy with 10+ years is $944,000. Wouldn't you be slightly insulted if you had been the main man in your company for 12 years, then when it came to renewal they only offered you twice the minimum salary for a man with your experience.

I understand the whole "He was paid $9.5m", "His play has declined" argument, but for a man with as much pride as I'm sure Brian has, being offered a paltry $2m had to sting.

Sure the reality of it had to sting but him saying its insulting is just a lack of rationale. His play isn't worth more then the $2 million the Bears offered. Like most players when they get his age, he's not seeing his play decline but it has. I honestly wouldn't even pay him the vet minimum if I was a GM._________________
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New GM, new HC, new schemes. The Bears were 10-6 last year. Are they going to improve on that in 2013? Hope so._________________"I have to keep playing so people over 40 will have somebody to root for on Sunday afternoons." George Blanda who played until he was 46